GRANADA HILLS : Man Faces Cellular Phone Fraud, Drug Charges

A Granada Hills man once associated with a notorious San Fernando Valley drug syndicate and suspected more recently of “cloning” cellular phones to provide unlimited free calling for friends and fellow drug dealers faces fraud and drug charges, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies said Tuesday.

Levie Slack III, 29, was arrested Monday at his home, Deputy Gabe Ramirez said. Seized from the home was a computer allegedly used to alter cellular phone codes and five phones that had been altered, Ramirez said. Also seized was $73,806 in cash, seven ounces of cocaine, a quarter of a pound of marijuana, two handguns and a 1987 Corvette. Slack was arrested on suspicion of fraud and possession of a controlled substance for sale.

Slack was previously described by police as an associate of the Bryant Organization, which investigators say has brutally controlled drug sales in the northeast Valley for more than a decade.